Transform Options

Reference

Mode:Object Mode and Pose Mode
Header:Sidebar ‣ Tool ‣ Options ‣ Transform

Affect Only

Origins Ctrl-Period

Directly transforms the object's origin. This only works for objects with data which can be transformed; i.e. it will not work on lamp objects.

When enabled, the object axes are displayed.

Take care using this option since it transforms the object-data which may cause linked duplicates to be moved unintentionally.

Hint

Changing the object location and the object-data may impact modifiers, constraints and keyframe animation.

If you're only temporarily setting the pivot point, use the 3D cursor instead.

Locations

Changes the position of the object's origin relative to another point during transformation. In other words, the pivot point and the origin cannot share the same location. This will not affect the object local transforms, just it's position in world space.

In the examples below, a comparison of the scaling and rotation of objects, when Location is enabled (middle) and disabled (right).

../../../../../_images/scene-layout_object_editing_transform_control_pivot-point_index_rotate.png

Rotation example.

../../../../../_images/scene-layout_object_editing_transform_control_pivot-point_index_scale.png

Scaling example.

Parents
Transforms Parent Objects while leaving their children objects unaffected.